Obesity and Risk of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma and Barrett’s Esophagus: A Mendelian Randomization Study

BACKGROUND: Data from observational studies suggest that body mass index (BMI) is causally related to esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) and its precursor, Barrett’s esophagus (BE). However, the relationships may be affected by bias and confounding. METHODS: We used data from the Barrett’s and Esophage...

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Main Authors: Thrift, Aaron P., Shaheen, Nicholas J., Gammon, Marilie D., Bernstein, Leslie, Reid, Brian J., Onstad, Lynn, Risch, Harvey A., Liu, Geoffrey, Bird, Nigel C., Wu, Anna H., Corley, Douglas A., Romero, Yvonne, Chanock, Stephen J., Chow, Wong-Ho, Casson, Alan G., Levine, David M., Zhang, Rui, Ek, Weronica E., MacGregor, Stuart, Ye, Weimin, Hardie, Laura J., Vaughan, Thomas L., Whiteman, David C.
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Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4200028/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25269698
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jnci/dju252
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